Tie Me Down
Alan Jackson
CountryMedium for beginners6 chords
How to play it
Fingering diagrams for the shapes in this song. × = don't play, ○ = open string.
G
F
C
Em
D
C7
Chords & lyrics
Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.
Intro G G G G G G FC G G G G G I've dodged the flame of love, my heart's been slippery and cold F C G I always thought I'd walk this path, 'least until I was almost old Those sweet lips and eyes of green cut me like a blade of steel F C G Pull my heart like an eighteen wheel running up a Tennessee hill C G F C G I was a rollin' stone, my feet never touch the ground C G F C G She was the only one that ever could tie me down Solo C G F C G C G F C G G G Em D C G Feel like I left behind, trapped to an angel's wings F C G Bounded to a new born love, tied up in the apron strings I used to live alone, never needed anyone F C G And she turned my head around, I didn't even try to run C G F C G Yeah, I was rollin' stone, my feet never touch the ground C G F C G She was the only one that ever could tie me down Solo C G F C G C G F C G C G F C G C G F C G G G Em D C7 G Lookin' back, I realize happy is not what I was F C G When you run across a woman, it's your true love that stronger than a moonshine buzz C G F C G Yeah, I was rollin' stone, my feet never touch the ground C G F C G She was the only one that ever could tie me down C G F C G Yeah, I was rollin' stone, my feet never touch the ground C G F C G She was the only one that ever could tie me down C G F C G Yeah, I was rollin' stone, my feet never touch the ground C G F C G She was the only one that ever could tie me down C G F C G Yeah, she was the only one that ever could --- tie me --- down --- Outro C G F C G C G F C G
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Chord set
G · F · C · Em · D · C7
Practice tip
Loop the first two chords slowly until the change is clean, then add the rest.